The 50-50-90 rule: Anytime you have a 50-50 chance of getting something right, there’s a 90% probability you’ll get it wrong. — Andy Rooney When you say that someone’s “nice,” you’re essentially claiming that when you interact with that person, there’s a better than average chance that he/I will be nice to you. Of course,…
Love is the difficult realization that something other than yourself is real. — Iris Murdoch I want you to take a moment and relive a vibrant memory. Maybe it’s a particular Christmas. Maybe it’s that time you learned you got the job. Whatever the memory, though, I want you to focus on it—recall the sounds,…
The only thing worse than a liar is a liar who is also a hypocrite. — Tennessee Williams Right now, I am giving you the choice between taking the blue pill or the red pill. If you like the way your story works, the perceived authenticity in your life decisions, select the blue pill and…
Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional. – M. Kathleen Casey Pain—what an unpleasant sensation. If happiness is the ultimate good, then pain is the ultimate bad. However, if pain really is this unequivocally negative experience, why do we even have it? From an evolutionary standpoint, pain serves to remind us something’s wrong. Physically speaking, it alerts…
The soul becomes dyed with the color of its thoughts. — Marcus Aurelius Do you know what a group of bunnies is called? A fluffle. Doesn’t that fact automatically improve your morning? Unfortunately, bunnies have nothing to do with today’s post; however, this post will nonetheless be entertaining, informative, and concise—which likely can’t be said…
Yesterday is but today’s memory, and tomorrow is today’s dream. — Khalil Gibran What’s more embarrassing: forgetting something you were supposed to do, or forgetting something you already did? Actually, forgetting things I’ve already done would probably reduce embarrassment. What I’m trying to get at, here, is that unless my blog posts are suddenly being sent…